Tegucigalpa, July 20th, 2021.- The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the region's economy across the board, particularly the small and medium-sized entrepreneurs who are finding it difficult to access financial resources. In response to this situation, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and UN Women through the Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry of the ...
Tegucigalpa, July 15, 2021.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and UN Women concluded the webinar series "Ecosystem to promote women's financial inclusion" this Thursday with the aim of promoting financial services for women entrepreneurs and closing gender gaps in their access to a transformative post-COVID-19 recovery. CABEI Executive Vice President, Jaime Roberto Díaz ...
Tegucigalpa, June 25, 2021 .- Redoubling its commitment as the region's effective and timely financial intermediary, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) commemorates International Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MIPYMES) Day with historic financing totaling US$2.956 billion to benefit this sector's competitiveness and productivity. This figure translates into 720,000 ...
Tegucigalpa, March 11, 2024.- Within the framework of International Women's Day, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), promotes integration, balanced economic and social development in the region, actively committed to reducing the gender gap and promoting greater spaces for women's participation in entrepreneurship and financial inclusion, among other efforts. “As CABEI, we ...
Panama City, July 30, 2024 .- Today, the innovation and commitment of three Panamanian companies were recognized as winners of the Regional Sustainable Mobility Contest promoted by the Green MSMEs II Initiative of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), the German Government, through the KfW, and the European Union. This contest seeks to encourage micro-, small-, and ...
Tegucigalpa, September 14, 2021 .- The Central American region will have the opportunity to strengthen its trade relations at the international level with the implementation of a Non-Reimbursable Technical Cooperation approved by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration and its extra-regional partner Korea under the Korea-CABEI Single Donor Trust Fund (KTF) in the amount of US$750,000. ...
Tegucigalpa, June 03, 2022.- The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) approved an interest rate adjustment mechanism that will allow it to place funds, through its Intermediary Financial Institutions (IFIS) network, at concessionary costs, enabling it to reach final beneficiaries with preferential, accessible and competitive financial conditions. With this initiative, CABEI seeks ...
Tegucigalpa, June 4, 2021 - In order to increase the financial inclusion of women in the face of the crisis generated by the pandemic, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and UN Women, through the Women, Local Economy and Territories Program (MELYT), financed by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), signed a non-refundable financial contribution agreement ...
Guatemala City, June 11, 2021.- A total of 454 companies, 93% of which are micro and small, have accessed financing from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), enabling them to obtain resources to cover the costs of their commercial operations, repay debt, and pay salaries and obligations to suppliers. Part of these business loans will be guaranteed by CABEI through the ...
Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 7, 2021.- A total of ten Guatemalan micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MIPYMEs) comprising 297 entrepreneurs were able to strengthen their technical and business skills during 2020, thanks to a US$50,000 grant from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) under the Central American MIPYME Business Idea Development and Acceleration ...